Se tunne kun pitää valehdella vaikka pitäisi kertoa totuutta kun kukaan ei enään usko valheita. Ask for the political asylum, and come clean Mister Ambassador. Maybe you'll end up in the Hague witness stand instead in that infamous glass box.
China’s ambassador to the United Nations, Zhang Jun, said the reports and images showing civilian deaths in Bucha are “very disturbing”, but added that the circumstances should be verified and any accusations should be based on facts.
Speaking at the UN security council meeting in New York, he repeated Beijing’s stance that sanctions are not effective in solving the Ukraine crisis but that they instead the economic spillover.
He also called on the US, Nato and the EU to engage in a dialogue with Russia, Reuters reports.
India’s permanent representative to the UN, T.S. Tirumurti, has condemned the killing of civilians in the Ukrainian town of Bucha and called for an independent investigation.
Speaking at a meeting of the UN security council in New York, Tirumurti said:
Recent reports of civilian killings in Bucha are deeply disturbing
We unequivocally condemn these killings and support the call for an independent investigation.
Tirumurti delivered his speech shortly after the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, spoke with India’s foreign minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Reuters reports.
The deputy prime minister of Ukraine said today that an International Red Cross (ICRC) convoy is still not able to reach the city of Mariupol after being blocked yesterday, reports Reuters.
Iryna Vereshchuk confirmed that the convoy has still not been able to reach the besieged city.
Vereshchuk added that people currently in Mariupol are still only able to leave by foot or car as larger efforts to evacuate civilians have failed.
Yesterday, Vereshchuk reported that Russian forces were blocking an evacuation convoy being escorted by the International Committee of the Red Cross in the eastern town of Manhush.
A ICRC spokesperson confirmed Vereshchuk’s account, adding that it was not a hostage situation.
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The US treasury department imposed sanctions today on a Russia-based darknet market and a cryptocurrency exchange, reports Reuters.
The U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions on Tuesday on a Russia-based darknet market site and a cryptocurrency exchange that it said operates primarily out of Moscow and St. Petersburg.
The sanctions against Russia-Based Hydra and currency exchange Garantex, published on the Treasury Department’s website, “send a message today to criminals that you cannot hide on the darknet or their forums, and you cannot hide in Russia or anywhere else in the world,” U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said.